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What I liked this week:
- If Disney princesses were historically accurate….
- It’s a myth that academic science is not biased against women. I have experienced this in STEM professions. (Hat tip to @InsomniacLabRat)… I always have to try harder than the guy next to me in my job to make people take me seriously.
- A great, great read on how to deal with grief in your life.
- How to compliment little girls in your life. A great article for all adults to read. Stop focusing on beauty.
- What an excellent infographic about what goes into an ordinary pair of jeans at different price points.
- Maybe it’s the Canadian in me, but I do say ‘sorry’ a lot. Women in general should stop saying sorry though..
- A day in the life of your body.
- Still loving this “parenthood in other countries” series by Cup of Jo; the Netherlands is fascinating!
- Looks like Africa will be the new China in outsourcing for cheaper (click on the first link to bypass the paywall)
- I speak like this sometimes but catch myself and force myself to stop it because I don’t think men OR women sound professional otherwise.
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STEM is not completely ugly & nasty. I’d say it depends on the company & the managers running it. If it is full of misogynists, then yes you will experience that.. but then the good employees don’t ever last long there; they leave.
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Ksenija
I am also following Jo’s blog, and I have to say that the Netherlands is from my point of view, an extremely sad place to bring up your children. First and foremost because the health care and educational system are absolute rubbish. But hey, that is just me, as I do not consider fancy restaurants and international neighbours fascinating enough to bring quality to my family life per se.
I quite like the Disney princess video, and sort of feel sad that girls are brought up on these romanticised cartoons that enhance the thought from early age that they are nothing in life until some random dude decides they’re worthy of him. :/-
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Really! I always thought in general that that part of the world was great.. but I suppose I am wrong on that front.
I think Japan would be a nice place to bring up your kids. I’m posting about that in a link roundup next week & they are SO independent, and the culture / society is so kind.
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Corianne
I really enjoyed reading what a foreigner thinks of parenthood in my own country. Though I must add, it’s slightly Amsterdam-centric. Outside of Amsterdam you dont really see the 4-seat family bikes (I have personally never seen them) and the cargo bikes only occasionally. If you live outside Amsterdam and none of your kids can cycle by themselves, you move them around in a car, or if you dont have a car, public transport. Im not sure when I learned to cycle but probably around age 4-6. And never with a helmet. I think from age 8-9 I would cycle by myself to school (I did live in a small town with only one major road to cross).
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Interesting. I would rather have a good average of what it is like there rather than one specific city & saying it applies to the entire country.
In Canada, it is the same.. or even the U.S. each city is different.
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SarahN
Do you read Cup of Jo – I reckon you’d like this article: http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/09/why-are-little-kids-in-japan-so-independent/407590/
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Unfortunately I have worked at places that were mostly female and there are problems in female only places such as cattiness, excessive gossip and drama. I only lasted a week at such a place and it was a nursing home.
I didn’t work as a nurse, but I came in contact with nurses and CNA’s and nursing homes are 99% full of females so that experience taught me I don’t want to work with all women. My favorite places to work at have always been co-ed. I usually ended up with a good mix of male and female work friends. I try to look for workplaces that are like this.
I thought about going into STEM but decided against it. Everything I’ve read about STEM is nasty and ugly unless it’s a field like medicine where a lot of women and men go into med or vet training. Med/vet field seems more balanced.
I’d have to read “The 48 laws of power” in order to survive in a STEM field.